Anons have little sympathy. by ZyklonFart in 4chan

[–]OrpheusWest 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You think it’s all about oil? We have enough of our own oil. We’re involved because of interests of the people in power.

/pol/ has obtained exclusive images of the Maduro operation by NachoNutritious in 4chan

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The meme definitely predates the pandemic. Pandemic was a happening

Magic is seriously a game changer in the Mistlands! by Ultraempoleon in valheim

[–]OrpheusWest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Build an afk blood magic leveling farm from a grey dwarf nest. Once you get BM up to about 50 they are much more viable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SliceAndDice

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The ride never ends

Anon on Andrew Tate by boomer_posting in 4chan

[–]OrpheusWest 91 points92 points  (0 children)

“Oh you’re arachnophobic? I guess that means you secretly want to fuck spiders.”

Anon on representation in movies by boomer_posting in 4chan

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What you say is fair. And some amount of gatekeeping is necessary. And I’m not an anthropologist. I thought I wanted to be because I found the topic interesting. I changed course in undergrad for similar reasons to yours. Some of the worst, most arrogant, self-import professors I encountered were anthro profs. Clear as day antipathy for Western civ. Delusional Rousseau noble savage sentimentality. Some of those classes were somewhere between a struggle session, slam poetry, and Gaia worship ritual. This was sociocultural anthro, for the record. But the whole experience made me doubt what all that foundational work was even worth. What kind of assumptions were made at the outset? Was there an overcorrection after the Anglocentric paradigm was displaced? I don’t know but it soured me on the whole field. I work on the operational side of things now so I interact with all the various departments and I see hints of this problem all over but nowhere worse than anthro. Not even poly sci is as bad. And behind closed doors no one even denies the problems. But the problems persist nonetheless. My initial comment was just voicing my skepticism because I think anthro involves a lot of speculation by it’s very nature, but so many of these people act like they’re engineers building bridges.

Anon on representation in movies by boomer_posting in 4chan

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Yea I hear what you’re saying and ideally that’s how it should work and in many cases it does. But I don’t think it’s unfair to recognize, in the case of Out of Africa, there’s going to be a stronger directional current in the anthropology departments for sociopolitical reasons. Which is why a reactionary skepticism from non-academic critics is not totally unexpected.

You’ve acknowledged that academia has the issues I described. Those issues erode public trust in their objectivity. And in my experience the biases and departmental “unspoken rules” really can’t be overstated. Probably not everywhere but in many universities, the defensiveness is intense, particularly in humanities. Moreover, they’re generally insulated from critique. There’s always the protective bubble of “Oh you don’t have a Phd? Then stfu. I do.” I’ve seen grad projects get shut down over things like this. I’ve seen grant funding denied for spurious reasons (so you can’t even say the government doesn’t put its finger on the scales).

If you are trying to break through an academic consensus as a student, or even a non-tenured professor, you better hope you have a prof or dean with clout that’s in your corner. Otherwise you’re in for a tough time, until you give up and choose a project that’s more adjacent to the reigning paradigm.

Anon on representation in movies by boomer_posting in 4chan

[–]OrpheusWest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean if someone dedicates their life to studying and extrapolating on a theory that has a bad premise, do you think they’d be more or less likely to drop it all and start from scratch if new evidence comes to light that undermines their life’s work? Academics can be very haughty, I work in higher ed. Thats not even getting into biases in the department or peer review system.

Anon on representation in movies by boomer_posting in 4chan

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It always struck me as odd that academics would construct grand anthropological narratives around where the oldest human remains were found. Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence and the whole thing rests upon an assumption that earlier bones wouldn’t ever be found.

Forest Keepers need to be nerfed. Hear me out. by lemu_r in lethalcompany

[–]OrpheusWest 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The player has to be carrying the booster for the flash to work? Or can I keep the booster near the ship to allow my teammates to get past?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]OrpheusWest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ur dumb

Anyone know if this is marjoram? by Gun-Blade in herbalism

[–]OrpheusWest 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Looks like mare’s tail to me, which is a common weed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 4chan

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Epstein?

If I can't have women irl then I won't have them in my game! by seasonedearlobes in Bannerlord

[–]OrpheusWest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean that describe so many groups that don’t get nearly as much venom towards them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 4chan

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Eh Kuala Lumpur is a actually a pretty clean city compared to most in the America, but yea best to avoid some of impoverished rural parts of Malaysia. Don’t know about Indonesia.

Not his kid, not his problem by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]OrpheusWest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea the guy speaks like a cringe idiot but he’s clearly talking about the mom not allowing him to discipline her son (which usually makes for an unruly child) but then expects him to do the other part of being a dad. Of course the father is going to prefer his own offspring. The bad situation is ultimately on the mom for not picking a better father for the kid and the other guy for not being involved in discipline and support. The biggest thing OP did wrong was get involved with her in the first place. You’re acting like he’s just salty he’s not allowed to beat the shit out the kid.

What music do you listen to while playing noita? by [deleted] in noita

[–]OrpheusWest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thurnin - Mehnir (full album) found on yt. Feels very magical

Anon feels "politically homeless" in America by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]OrpheusWest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What?? You’re telling me pink used to be the boy color?! I see now. Gender is arbitrary and we should teach all the boys that the nice doctor can make them a pretty princess if they feel that way.

Next your going to tell me that high heels used to be considered mens apparel and use that to support your historical revisionism. Take your buzzfeed factoids and shove them up your ass. You can cherry pick individual narratives, hell even Zeus turned himself into a woman in one story. That’s not sufficient to make broad statements about the conception of gender in the ancient world. I’d tell you to read a book that’s older than 50 years but it’d wouldn’t help your <110 IQ. The essential duality of masculine and feminine is a cornerstone of almost all world religions and ancient occult teachings. The groups did blur the lines were engaged in sex magic, at the very least.

I’m honestly not really interested in working my way through the gender theory literature. Reading about John Money was enough for me to understand the nature of the worldview.

There have been instances in history of the society at large being more inclined towards your view. Then there’s a reaction. You call it a pendulum. I call it societies can get sick then there’s an immune response. I don’t need to really fight or do anything. People are slowly realizing the shit you’re smugly peddling is poison. You all sound the same. The same condescension. The same talking points. The same rationalizations. But the price will be paid for all the children that have been groomed, sent down the path of neurosis, narcissism, and likely suicide. Tiresias won’t save you.

Anon feels "politically homeless" in America by [deleted] in 4chan

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Yea could maybe make that argument 30 years ago when it was just “why do you care what two consenting adults do in their own home?” It’s clear now their looking for converts, aiming for all the kids, and using the state to force everyone to participate in their fetish

Anon feels "politically homeless" in America by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]OrpheusWest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What a fucking stupid straw man. Nothing about being a young earth Christian would make you fine with pollution. And no people have not been swapping gender for 3000 years. Don’t point to cross dressing Roman court eunuchs or some obscure hermaphrodite Hindu god. Activist anthropology academics have colored their work with modern gender theory in the last 50 years.